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PROSTHODONTICS - American College of Prosthodontists

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Examinetheentireheadandneckincludingtheeyes,ears,nose,skullandscalp.Theeyesshouldtracknormallyandshouldbefree<strong>of</strong>swellinganddrainage.Thenoseshouldbepalpated,andtheanteriorportion<strong>of</strong>thenarescanbeobserved.Theearsshouldbeinspectedandpalpated,includingthepinna,lobe,auricleandvisibleportions<strong>of</strong>theexternalauditorycanal.Theneckshouldalsobeexaminedatthistime.Thepatientshouldberestingagainsttheheadrestinarelaxedposition,andhavingthepatientgentlydrooptheirheadforwardmayenhanceneckpalpation.Bimanuallypalpatetheneck,comparingtherightandleftsidesforasymmetry,lookingforenlargedpainlesslymphnodesandotherabnormalmasses.Thesubmentalnodesareconvenientlypalpatedwiththefingertips(figure7,figure8).Thesubmandibularnodesarepalpatedextraorallybetweenthefingersandthelingualaspect<strong>of</strong>themandible,andintraorallyusingglovedfingerstopressagainstthestructuresusingtheotherhandbelowontheoutside<strong>of</strong>theskin.Thejugularchainsarepalpatedusingdeeplyplacedfingersoneitherside<strong>of</strong>thesternocleidomastoidmusclefromitsoriginattheclavicletoitsinsertionatthemastoidprocess,includingthepreauricular,parotid,andretroauricularnodes.Includetheanteriorscaleneandsupraclavicularnodesabovetheclavicles,andthedelphiannodesneartheinferiormidline<strong>of</strong>theneck(figure9).Palpatethespinalaccessorynodes,movingthetissuesacrossthetrapeziusmusclebodytoaiddetection.Figure8 372010 CDEL Re-recognition <strong>of</strong> the Specialty Report 221 <strong>of</strong> 279

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